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43
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Educational","Psychologym Experimental","Mathematical, Methods, Social Sciences
Expectations for reporting factor analysis results as part of construc
t validation are explored in the context of emerging views of measurem
ent validity. Desired practices are discussed regarding both explorato
ry factor analysis (e.g., principal components analysis) and confirmat
ory factor analysis (e.g., LISREL and EQS factor analyses). A short co
mputer program for conducting parallel analysis is appended.